Cask.



H. C. WIEDEIVIAN.

CASK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I2, I9I4.

Patented J uly 6, 1915.

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HENRY C. WIEDEMAN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO ENAMELED STEEL PACK- AGE CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A. CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

CASK.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, i915.

Application iled September 12, 1914. Serial No. 861,368.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. IVIEDEMAN, Y

a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Casks, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wings, which form part of this specification.

of the end of one of the stave-sheaths. Fig.`

3, is a. perspective of the screw.

This cask comprises a body portion having an enameled container' a packed by ground cork filler-materialb. The fillermaterial is held about the container by a metallic sheathing construction comprising metal stave-sheaths c. A cap d fits over the ends of the stave-sheaths and the material of the cap is forced into the chime of the barrel by a. spinning operation. The head e of board acts as a reinforcing member to prevent the end of the container from warping in and out so as to crack the enamel. Heretofore it has been customary to weld the caps d to the stave-sheaths c on the outside, but it has been found that this fastening means is unsatisfactory as they very often become loose.

It is the object of this invention to obviate this difficulty and afford a fastening means that isabsolutely secure. To this end, I rivet, weld or otherwise fasten reinforcing plates f to the inside of the stavesheaths at the end. Preferably every fourth stave-sheath has a reinforcing plate, so in a barrel containingsiXteen stave-sheaths there are four reinforcing plates. These reinforcing plates are bored and tapped and the Stavesheath is bored, both preferably after the stave-sheaths have been aS- sembled about the filler-material. The boring and tapping forms a screw-threaded hole g which is adapted to receive the short screw h. This screw la, has a head provided with a pair of intersecting slots z' adapted to receive a special screw-turning implement. The screws draw the cap d tightly to the stave-sheaths and inasmuch as the welding or riveting of the reinforcing plates f is on the inside where it is protected, there is little likelihood, if any, of the reinforcing plates becoming loose. This affords avery secure fastening for the caps and such a. fastening is very essential in beer kegs, as they are handled very roughly.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In a cask having a body portion and a plurality of sheet metal stave-sheaths fitting against the body portion, the combination of reinforcing plates fastened upon the inside of some of the stavesheaths and lying against the outside of the body portion so as to 'be inaccessible, a. binding member around the outside of the stave-sheaths, and fastening members capable of being manipulated from the outside of the stave-sheaths and driven through the binding member and the stave-sheaths, to engage with the reinforcing plate to draw the three members tightly together.

2. AIn a cask provided with a plurality of sheet metal stave-sheaths. the combination of the plurality of stave-sheaths. filler ma.- terial interior-ly of the stave-sheaths. a sheet metal lcap extending from the outside of the stave-sheaths over the end of the stavesheaths and the filler-material. reinforcing plates fastened to the inside of some of the stave-sheaths and screws driven through the cap, sta ve-sheaths and reinforcing plates to fasten the cap to the stave-sheaths.

In testimony whereof` I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. VVIEDEMA.Y

ritnesses STUART C. BARNES, MARIETTA E. RUDD. 

